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This product references specific Question numbers or section titles found in the Explanation of the 1991 edition of Luther's Small Catechism with Explanation.

Students learn the Six Chief Parts of Christian Doctrine through a review of Luther's Small Catechism. Each lesson introduces and develops the topic, then allows the student to respond with real-life applications of the material learned. Lessons are keyed to the English Standard Version Bible.

The course is arranged in five units, with a total of 60 lessons:

Unit 1—God’s Will (Law and Gospel; the Ten Commandments)
Unit 2—God’s Love (The Apostles’ Creed)
Unit 3—God’s Invitation (The Lord’s Prayer)
Unit 4—God’s Gifts (Confession and the Sacraments)
Unit 5—God’s Grace for a New Life (Confirmation and the Table of Duties)

This course can be used with God's Action Plan, which provides a Bible survey so that students have a knowledge of Bible stories that reveal God's unfolding plan of salvation before catechism instruction.

Our Christian Education team used this book from 2014 to 2016 for our confirmands. If you are looking for a theological approach for your students' learning, this is an adequate curriculum; however, in it has some shortcomings. In some lessons there are references to Bible verses that don't seem to have anything to do with the topic being discussed or are only tangentially associated. Our students also struggled with many of the "applications" because they were not clearly relevant to their lives. Tests were quite thorough but also quite theological for students of this age group. It is an excellent book for students who are already well-schooled in Scripture and are passive/auditory learners. Active/visual learners might struggle with some of the activities, which need updating based on the latest studies on brain development and learning. All of that having been said, there is certainly more than enough material to keep students busy for two years of study.

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